The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-12-22
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Secretary-E. B. Warren, Dallas, Texas.
NORTH CAROLINA FARMERS STATE ALLIANCE.
Presidents. B. Alexander, Charlotte,
n. c.
Vice-Presidcnt-T. Ivey, Ashpole, NC.
Secretary-L. l.. Polk, Raleigh, n. c..
Treasurer-J.D D. Allen, Falls, NC. =,
Lecturer-Geo. Wilcox, .Carbonton,
n. G. -: ..-.
Assistant Lecturer-D. D. Mcintyre,
L%aurinburg, N. G.
Chaplain-Reiv. E. I. Edwards, Cedar
Creek, N. @. 9
Door eeper-W: H. Tomlinson, Fay
e~tteyille, N. G., ..,:r 81 30. 80.
Assistant Door Keeper-R. I. Rush,
Mt. Gilead, n. G. ~.~
Sergeant-at-Arms-J. s. Holt. Chalk
Level, n. G.
THE NORTH CAROLINA FARMERS ASSOCIATION.
President-Elias Carr, Old Sparta,
Edgecombe county. 90.
B. F. Hester, Oxford, Secretary; S.
Ohio Wilson, Vineyard, and w. E. Ben
bow, Oak Ridge, Assistant Secretaries.
STATE GRANGE PATRONS OF
w. R. Williams, Falkland, Pitt county,
Master. - ia ... Il. -;s> -.
&, T. J. Ludwig, Mt. Pleasant. Secre-
tary, ...,.,
NORTH CAROLINA STATE BOARD OF AGRICUL-
TURE-oFFICERs.
John Robinson, Commissioner
T. K. Bruner, Acting Secretary.
DR.. H. B. Battle, Acting Chemist and
Director of Experiment Station.
John T. Patrick, General Agent Immi-
grafton. +. .". i~
N. c. AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
W. q. Upchurch, Raleigh, President;
John Nichols, Raleigh, Secretary.
NORTH cARoLINA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.
President-J. Van Lindley, Pomona.
Secretary-S. Ohio Wilson, Vineyard.
Salisbury is to have two new cotton
factories.
Mr.. Carlisle is now serving his third
term as Speaker Of the House.
Will some friend give US the post
Office address of K. II. Faison?
Pecan culture is becoming very pop
ular and is a very profitable industry.
The work on the Durham and Lynch
burg Railroad is being done very rapidly.
Mr.. w. P. Wiley, Cashier of the
Bank of Durham, has resigned that po-
sition.
Mr.. Gladstone is intending to cele-
brate his seventy-ninth birthday on the
29th inst. r .
Gov. Bodwell, of Maine, died on the
10th inst. Death caused by exposure and
overwork.
The large clothing firm of Berwanger
Bros. has made an assignment. Assets
estimated at $4,000 to $4,000; liabilities
$7s,9
The Baptist Church at Durham has
unanimously called Rev. DR.. G. F. James,
of Culpepper, Va, as its pastor.
The committee on education unani-
mously ordered a favorable report in the
Senate on the Blair education bill.
Durham is now taking into consid-
Grafton the ~propriety of building a hos
pital. It is a noble work and Durham
needs one.
White Oak Alliance, Wake county,
started with % members and expects to
have 100 by the end of the present quar-
ter. Good.
DIR. Giles Christian of Mt. Gilead,
Montgomery county, committed suicide
on Sunday, December 18th, by hanging
himself in his barn.
Sixty flint glass factories at Pitts
burg, Pa, have been closed by a general
strike, throwing eighteen hundred work
men out of employment.
"A correspondent of the Charlotte
Chronicle suggests the name of the big
Drained and fearless Judge Bennett as the
one that should be Governor.
Chicago was visited by the largest
fire she has had for many years. Loss is
estimated at over $1,000, 600, and it is
thought it is the work of an incendiary.
The seventeenth annual session of
the Mississippi State Grange was held at
Jackson last week, and is said to have
been the largest ever held in its history.
1t is rumored that there will be some
important changes among the officers OF